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Much of puerto ricos medicaid funding expires at the end of september. Puerto rico and other u. S. Territories are on a separate medicaid system than the rest of the United States. Congress funds the him to block grants which can be depleted early if theres a hurricane or other Natural Disaster. A hearing on why states get continues medicaid coverage while the territories do not. The committee is meeting today to hear testimony on the impact of the end of medicaid funding for the areas under the Affordable Care act, also known as the use learning areas medicaid cliff. Under Committee Rules, an...

Were delighted to have you with us this morning. Today is the latest installment in our Washington Post live 2020 candidates series. Through these indepth, oneonone conversations, were learning more about the men and women seeking to become the next president of the United States. And what inspires them to serve the American People. Our guest this morning is new york senator gillibrand. In 2006, she captured the attention of the political establishment by winning an upset victory in the race to represent new yorks 20th congressional district. Just three years later, she was appointed to fill t...

[inaudible conversations] greetings. Can you hear me . Hi im elizabeth taylor, delighted to be here. Doctor of the festival im really happy to be here. Welcome, its the 35th annual fest. It is presented by the Planning Board and i want to give t a special thank you to all of our sponsors for their support this year. It is been an amazing year, people stepped up especially when trust other programming sponsor, Robert Mccormick foundation, the Chicago Tribune, the real estate and cspan booktv todays program will be broadcast live on cspan2 booktv if there is time at the end of the q a we encoura...

There are not many scenes such as this any more. You really have to look for them. In the looking, you will discover that our environment is not the endless thing our forefathers thought it was. Five years ago, montage sought out this kind of scene. We went to the closest major waterway we knew in the area of cleveland. And what we found was that every day because of what we do the Crooked River dies. The Cuyahoga River as most think of it, the brown stream that meets lake erie, an industrial waterway, its banks populated by steel mills and factories. Its channel filled with ships and tugs. Th...

The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This phone Committee Hearing is convening regarding the patients perspective and the devastating impacts of marketing drug prices on American Families. I recognize myself for five minutes, to give an Opening Statement. Today we are closing this work period, the way we started our work. With a hearing on the Prescription Drug prices. This is a bipartisan issue and i have focused on for many years. The first witness at our hearing this congress was a woman named antoinet...